School is over ...
My school term ended on Wednesday, now it's exam time ... I'm sorry to all the guys who are still waiting on my email answers, looks like I'm again a bit lazy, but I hope to send you all an answer soon ...
On Monday I was baking a (Swiss) Apple Pie ("Apfelweihe"); my roommates and my friends really liked it. I just missed the whipped cream ...
On Tuesday I continued improving my baking knowhow, I was invited with another friend for Xmas-Baking and all together we were baking Xmas cookies. Check out the pictures in the photo gallery ... thanks to Mark for the pictures (and the copyright *smile*).
Wednesday was actually my last school day and to be honest, I felt a bit sad that day. I talked to my roommate and he felt the same ... probably the weather was responsible for our change of emotions. He had the good idea to invite me for a run and I really enjoyed it. Even if it was really cold, about -15°C., with good equipment (warm clothes) it's really fun to run and my stamina ("Ausdauer") seemed to be infinite (we run for about 11 km).
On Thursday I started learning Economics, I had lots of reading (around 70 pages), yet I didn't do anything more.
Friday I went to an optional class at school, we had the opportunity to ask questions about the exam topic. I also went checking my new schedule for next term ... yupee ... my earliest class is at 10:00 a.m., thus I don't have to weak up early for my next term. On Friday night I met the other guys for dinner at the cafeteria of the university, we also had to talk about our christmas plans (we have the choice between looking for a cottage/hotel around a mountain or on a lake) ... I will know more soon. Afterwards we went out for a small trip to the french part of Winnipeg. We had a very beautiful sightseeing, downtown looks beautiful with the snow and all the Xmas decorations. Afterwards we went to the Movies; we saw Jarhead, a movie about Marine troops in the Gulf war. I had really mixed feelings about the movie; however, I endorsed the fact that they didn't glorify the war and the spirit of the troops.
Saturday I was learning for a couple of hours and was chatting on MSN (instead of going out, tztztz). Finally, I had a funny ride with a friend through the city of Winnipeg ...
Today I went with some friends to the Manitoban Museum. My first impression was that it was quite an old museum. But then I got really surprised, the museum is huge and there is lots of really interesting stuff to discover (about the First Nations ("Ureinwohner Kanadas"), Hudson Bay, Building of the railway, and so on). We weren't able to visit all the museum in two hours, that's why we will go back another time. Afterwards we had dinner at George's Burger House, I think nobody was hungry anymore ... a must for all visitors of Winnipeg (but only if you like Burgers *smile*). To digest and to avoid a bad conscience ("schlechtes Gewissen") I went for another short run :)
Have a look out of my window!
About the weather ... now it's cold every day, we get used to stay outside at temperatures below -10°C. , with the wind chill it feels colder than -20°C. ... but the temperatures will still lower for January and February. How cold it feels, depends on how strong the wind blows. For the moment the situation is not as bad ... I've still warm hands :)
Actual Winnipeg weather forecast
On Monday I was baking a (Swiss) Apple Pie ("Apfelweihe"); my roommates and my friends really liked it. I just missed the whipped cream ...
On Tuesday I continued improving my baking knowhow, I was invited with another friend for Xmas-Baking and all together we were baking Xmas cookies. Check out the pictures in the photo gallery ... thanks to Mark for the pictures (and the copyright *smile*).
Wednesday was actually my last school day and to be honest, I felt a bit sad that day. I talked to my roommate and he felt the same ... probably the weather was responsible for our change of emotions. He had the good idea to invite me for a run and I really enjoyed it. Even if it was really cold, about -15°C., with good equipment (warm clothes) it's really fun to run and my stamina ("Ausdauer") seemed to be infinite (we run for about 11 km).
On Thursday I started learning Economics, I had lots of reading (around 70 pages), yet I didn't do anything more.
Friday I went to an optional class at school, we had the opportunity to ask questions about the exam topic. I also went checking my new schedule for next term ... yupee ... my earliest class is at 10:00 a.m., thus I don't have to weak up early for my next term. On Friday night I met the other guys for dinner at the cafeteria of the university, we also had to talk about our christmas plans (we have the choice between looking for a cottage/hotel around a mountain or on a lake) ... I will know more soon. Afterwards we went out for a small trip to the french part of Winnipeg. We had a very beautiful sightseeing, downtown looks beautiful with the snow and all the Xmas decorations. Afterwards we went to the Movies; we saw Jarhead, a movie about Marine troops in the Gulf war. I had really mixed feelings about the movie; however, I endorsed the fact that they didn't glorify the war and the spirit of the troops.
Saturday I was learning for a couple of hours and was chatting on MSN (instead of going out, tztztz). Finally, I had a funny ride with a friend through the city of Winnipeg ...
Today I went with some friends to the Manitoban Museum. My first impression was that it was quite an old museum. But then I got really surprised, the museum is huge and there is lots of really interesting stuff to discover (about the First Nations ("Ureinwohner Kanadas"), Hudson Bay, Building of the railway, and so on). We weren't able to visit all the museum in two hours, that's why we will go back another time. Afterwards we had dinner at George's Burger House, I think nobody was hungry anymore ... a must for all visitors of Winnipeg (but only if you like Burgers *smile*). To digest and to avoid a bad conscience ("schlechtes Gewissen") I went for another short run :)
Have a look out of my window!About the weather ... now it's cold every day, we get used to stay outside at temperatures below -10°C. , with the wind chill it feels colder than -20°C. ... but the temperatures will still lower for January and February. How cold it feels, depends on how strong the wind blows. For the moment the situation is not as bad ... I've still warm hands :)
Actual Winnipeg weather forecast
posted by Alain at 23:55
2 Comments:
Hi Alan
Good luck with your exams. It's pretty cold in CH too, but much more humid. Long live Firefox! Do you stay there over Christmas/New year?
Yes I will stay in Canada for Christmas and New Year. For Christmas we rent a cottage at West Hawk Lake, for new year I actually don't know ... but for sure I will keep you informed on the blog!
Merry Christmas!
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